Thanks for a very balanced and good article. I am from India and I do not consider Indian muslims any less partiotic than any other Indian. However, following are some perceptions that muslims, especially educated and influential ones, need to manage for better world peace and harmony: Just as the author feels strongly (and rightly) about Iraq, Chechnya and Palestine, does he feel similarly about similar real/percieved injustices in other parts of the world, like say, Ireland, Sri Lanka, persecusion of minorities in Bangladesh, etc.? Many non-muslims suspect that muslims have too much of a global us-vs-them mentality and that prevents integration in countries where they are a minority and results in intolerance where they are a majority. Another issue that many non-muslims percieve is the extreme religious-cultural threat that muslims seem to feel, that results in extreme behavior - violent or not, and results in religion getting into govt policy. An example is: the govt. in India considers giving preferential treatment to minorities, including muslims whereas Malaysia which is muslim majority, gives preferential treatment to the majority.
